Apprentices

Lisa Nandy: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 
	(1)  how many people in  (a) Wigan constituency,  (b) the North West region and  (c) England started an apprenticeship in each of the last five years;
	(2)  how many people in  (a) Wigan constituency,  (b) the North West region and  (c) England started an advanced apprenticeship in each of the last five years;
	(3)  how many people in  (a) Wigan constituency,  (b) the North West region and  (c) England started a higher apprenticeship in each of the last five years.

John Hayes: Table 1 shows the number of Apprenticeship (Level 2) Programme Starts, table 2 shows the number of Advanced Apprenticeship (Level 3) Programme Starts and table 3 shows the number of Higher Level Apprenticeship (Level 4) Programme Starts in Wigan Parliamentary Constituency, the North West Government Office Region and England for years 2004-05 to 2008-09, the most recent year for which full year data is available.
	
		
			  Table 1: Apprenticeship (Level 2) Programme Starts by Geography for 2004-05 and 2008-09 
			   2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09 
			 Wigan Parliamentary Constituency 260 250 290 380 300 
			 North West 23,600 20,400 21,700 23,800 23,600 
			 England 135,100 122,800 127,400 151,800 158,500 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: Advanced Apprenticeship (Level 3) Programme Starts by Geography for 2004-05 and 2008-09 
			   2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09 
			 Wigan Parliamentary Constituency 140 120 130 170 160 
			 North West 9,700 9,200 10,500 11,700 12,900 
			 England 53,900 52,100 56,900 72,900 81,300 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 3: Higher Level Apprenticeship (Level 4) Programme Starts by Geography for 2004-05 and 2008-09 
			   2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09 
			 Wigan Parliamentary Constituency - - - - - 
			 North West - - - - - 
			 England - - - 100 200 
			  Notes 1. Figures for Wigan Parliamentary Constituency are rounded to the nearest ten. All other figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. 2. Figures are based upon home postcode of the learner. 3.'-' Indicates a base value of less than five for Parliamentary Constituency and less than fifty for Government Office Region and England. 4. The England figure contains a small amount of counts where the postcode of the learner is outside England and also learners where the postcode is not known.  Source:  Individualised Learner Record 
		
	
	Information on the number of Apprenticeship starts by Parliamentary Constituency, Local Authority, Government Office Region and for England is published in a quarterly statistical first release (SFR). The latest SFR was published on 24 March, and revised on 22 April:
	http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/statistics/sfrmar10